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E. SOLOMONS. Revolving Mosquito Bar.

N0. 238,313. Patented Mar'ch 1,1881.

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INVENT'OR ATTORNEY NFETERS. PHOT0LITHOGRAPNER, WASHINGTON, D (I.

.A i UMTED i STATES PATENT Enron,

EDwAnD SoLoMo-NS, or SUMTEE, SOUTH oAEoLiNA, Assicnon or oNE- i THIRD rro isAAc SULZEAGEEE,` oE SAME PLAGE.

REVOLVING NIOSQUITO-BAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 238,313, dated March 1, 1881. Application filed January 21, 18781. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD SoLoMoNs, of Sumter, in the county of Sumter and State of South Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Revolving Mosquito- Bars 5 and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use 1o it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in revolving mosquito-bars, the object being to provide a mosquito-bar of such construction that it maybe located over a bed, table, or

any desired object or place, and have a revolving motion imparted thereto, and thereby serve to frighten away mosquitoes, flies,or other zo winged insects, the revolving mosquito-bar to be suspended so that it may be retained in any desired vertical adjustment.

With these ends in view my invention consists in certain features of construction and 2 5 combinations of parts, as will hereinafter be described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view, in side elevation, of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a similar view, showing a portion of 3o the casing forthe driving mechanism removed 5 and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the revolving mosquito-bar.

A represents a casing, which Amay be made of cast or sheet metal, andV may be of any de-` 3 5 sired shape, though I` prefer thatit should be acorn-shaped, as illustrated in the drawings. The upper end of casing A is open, and has secured to a spider or open frame or crossbars, a, the ends of two chains or cords, B B',

4o which pass up over the pulleys b b', journaled in a single or separate depending bracket, C, which latter is secured to the ceiling, the cords passing downwardly and Secured at their other ends to a counter-weight, D, which is preferably made in the form of acorn-leaves, so that when the casin g is elevated to its highest point of adjustment it will, in connection with the counter-weight, be an accurate representation of an acorn. As stated, I prefer this form of casingandcounter-weight,butdonot,ofcourse, 5o limit myself to any particular form or construction of such parts.

Within the casing is located gearing E, of any suitable or preferred arrangement and construction, said gearing being adapted to be operated by spring-power, and to loe Vwound up by a key. Gearing E operates to revolve the shaft F, which extends downward through the lower end of the casin g A. The lower end of shaft F is firmly secured to the axis or hub 6o of the mosquito-bar G,whicl1 latter may be of any desired shape, either circular, square, star shape, or of any other preferred shape.

The frame of thebar may be made of wood, sheet metal, or wire, as desired.

To the mosquito-bar G is suspended the mosquito-netting H, which is arranged to hang in folds from the outer portion of the frame, and to extend across and cover the central portion of the same. The object in attaching 7o the netting to the frame is twofold: First, the 4thin and light netting, depending in folds from the frame, will, when the bar is rotated, have a slight wavin g motion, especially when there is avery slight draft in the room, and this 7 5 slight movement of the netting will operate to frighten away any winged insects that may approach the bed over which the revolving mosquito-bar may be located; second, by covering the bar with this netting, inosquitoesorlSo other winged insects are prevented from iiyin downwardly through the bar.

The counter-weight D serves to counterbalance the casin g A and revolving mosquito- Y bar, so that the latter maybe raisedor lowered and retained in operation at any desired height from the bed or table.

The driving mechanism of the fan may be geared so as to rotate the mosquito-bar at any desired or predetermined speed. 9o

When the mosquito-bar is not desiredv for use it may be raised to its highest point of adjustment.

This improved mosquito-bar may be suspended from a ceiling over a bed, or over a 95 dining-table or other object or place, and will be found effectual in driving away mosquitoes, iiies, and other winged insects.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a suspended cas- 5 ing containing gearing, ofa revolving mosquito-bar attached to or connected with a revolving shaft of said gearing, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a suspended cas- Io ing, of a mosquito-bar attached to a shaft, and sprin g-actuated mechanism located within said suspended casing for revolving the shaft and mosquito-bar, substantiall)T as set forth.

3. The combination, with a vertically-ad- 15 justable casing, of a mosquito-bar attached to a shaft, and spring-actuated mechanism located Within the Casin g for rota-tin g the shaft and mosquito-bar, substantiallts,7 as set forth.

EDWARD SOLOMONS.

Witnesses:

E. I. NOTTINGHAM, IsAAc SULZBAGHER. 

